OLIVER JOEST

Tag: Aroundtheworld

  • Road to reunification

    Road to reunification

    When I met a young south Korean guy in Bangkok the other night we started to exchange our travel plans. As it turned out South Korean citizens are denied entry to the DPRK. A question I was asked to think about However this interesting human asked me a very thought provoking question: Do you think…

  • Strolling around Beijing

    Strolling around Beijing

    The city is very quiet. There is very little noise in the streets. Most bikes and scooters are electrical. This adds to the serenity of the wide boulevards and the hidden alleyways called hutongs. I can’t possibly describe how the calmness of this place appears to me. After the last weeks of busy cities and…

  • Former Residence of Soong Ching Ling

    Former Residence of Soong Ching Ling

    The house of widow to Sun Yat-sen is a place to learn about the relatively recent history of China. The place itself is a well kept mansion and you can totally feel the importance that this person had for the development of modern China. On the other hand it is a (although large) house of an…

  • First Impressions of Beijing

    First Impressions of Beijing

    I left Thailand at night time with a direct flight to the capital of China. When I arrived in town at 07:00 in the morning I took the Airport Express and a local metro train to arrive at my hostel. The place has no 24 hour reception but is a reasonable design studio that rents…

  • Fun diving @ Koh Phi Phi

    Fun diving @ Koh Phi Phi

    After some rest I took the final chance to complete my diving sequence in Phuket by heading out to Phi Phi Island. The pictures don’t show it but the sea was very harsh this day. It took us almost 3 hours to get to the island only to find out that a storm was coming…

  • Pangapsumnida

    Pangapsumnida

    After traveling all over South-East Asia with visits to Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam lying already behind me I decided it’s time to move on. Until recently this whole travel except from Myanmar was based on vague ideas and the wish to travel as much without a fixed schedule as possible. But now things changed.…

  • Throwback Hoi An

    Throwback Hoi An

    I just recently finished another unit of work in Bangkok. My guilt is driving me to update the Tumblr. Somehow the travel made me lazy and I hadn’t picked up the keyboard for an extended period. But now I am back with some fresh updates. The images in this post were taken almost 3 weeks…